TEAM REPORTS

BlueRiver – Weather Symposium, set up booth at Saline County Spotters
Training.Homestead Days is coming up in
June and will be doing a Bingo event, security for the street dance and the
Fireworks, also will be doing traffic control for parade and run.Team received a $500.00 donation from
Wal-Mart.

Grand
Island –Sky
Warn meeting with Hams, REACT and Emergency management, and the team is still
doing the craft show.

Heartland- Election of new officers, rework
ByLaws, introduction to Emergency notification system (Code Spear) that Omaha area will be using.Weather training for current members and 8 new members, 38 members
attended Nation Weather Service training.Members helped at Weather Symposium, and 2 Safety events are going on
today in Omaha.

Hamilton – team not doing well, may fold.

Pawnee- Weather Symposium and Council business

DISTRICT REPORTS

District One- Brian not here, Dodge has 2 new members.

DistrictTwo-BlueRiver may have a new member and April has moved back and
will be rejoining the team.

District Three- nothing to report.

District Four- no teams or coordinator

OLD BUSINESS

Capabilities list still
needed from teams.Google Spreadsheet is
real time on the internet and Kevin is looking into putting the capabilities
list on this site.April’s husband Chuck
will work on creating a database of capabilities for Council.

Banner-no change, letters
still need to be done.

Website –is done, we now have
a dot. Com address for the council website.

Lighted Sign – need axial to
make a trailer, new letters have been purchased.

Mobil Repeaters – need to
order duplexer

Guidelines for Council Events
–procedures is typed up for who is in charge, what the chain of command will be;
will use ICS structure, handed out at this meeting for council review.

VOAD –Kevin will find out if
there will be a booth at the State Fair, and what help will be needed.

Look for email on Red Cross
getting radio grant.

PRESENTATION

Heartland gave report on New Communication System
that is being used in the Omaha area.It is called
Code Spear- a mass emergency communication system.

SalineCounty
Emergency Manager, BJ Fictum, gave presentation on Nebraska Communications
Strategy.VHF statewide digital trunk
system will be used statewide.

NEW BUSINESS

Good Samaritan Law died in committee.

Fall Conference will be in Grand Island;
Mike with Grand Island REACT is looking into getting a room at St Frances
medical center for the meeting.Dates
are October 11, with October 18 as alternate.

Raffle – do another raffle next year, start selling at
Weather Symposium and have the drawing at August campout.Prizes to be done by February meeting and
Kevin can print raffle tickets and have ready to begin selling in March at
symposium.

Motion by
Julie Brendle, Blue River REACT to have a raffle as discussed.

2nd
by Carrie Kasper, Pawnee REACT

Jeremy talked about Grand Island Amateur Radio (HAMS)
association asking if REACT would be interested in helping with security at the
State Fair, assisting the NE State Patrol.Will talk more later.

Council will look at issuing ID’s for members with a colored
background and also at getting Vest with the REACT logo, so all members can
look more the same when at events and helping each other.

GOOD OF THE COUNCIL

Campouts/ Executive Board meetings will be in Fremont
on June 21 and at Branched Oak on August
23, 2008.

Teams need to get council frequency in their radios, so it
is easier to communicate when helping at council events.

Next Executive Board meeting will be on June 21, 2008 at FremontState lakes.